Tajik woman in traditional dress, Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, Asia

Portrait of a Afghan Tajik man, Wakhan corridor, Ishkashim, on the Afghanistan and Tajikistan border, Central Asia, Asia

Woman selling non bread, Siyob Market, also known as Siab Market, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Non bread for sale, Siyob Market, also known as Siab Market, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Non bread for sale, Siyob Market, also known as Siab Market, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Tajik men lead donkeys laden with equipment across a river swollen with spring rains, as a team heads into the Band-e Baba range to conduct a wildlife survey, Kushk-i Kuhna District, Herat Province, Afghanistan

Tajik girls wear full length Iranian style veils, called "abbaya" as they walk to school through the bazaar of Turghondi, a town on the border with Turkmenistan, in the northern part of Herat Province.

Women cook over an open fire in the kitchen area of a traditional northern Afghan home on the outskirts of Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan

Afghan men and their guests eat a traditional feast of rice pilaf, mantu, and other dishes spread out on a plastic cloth, in an Afghan home in Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan

A woman scoops mantu, steamed dumplings stuffed with spiced meat, onto a plate to serve to guests, at a home in Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan

A Tajik man holds a glass lizard (Ophisaurus apodus), a leg-less lizard, found near the Band-e Baba mountains, during a wildlife survey conducted by a team sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Kushk-i Kuhna District, Herat Province, Afghanistan

A Tajik man repairs and shines shoes in the bazaar of Turghondi, a town on the border with Turkmenistan, in the northern part of Herat Province.